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168 A scending the Ramparts, the scene b etw een H am let an d his F a th e r’s G h ost w ill o f course be the first thing th a t occurs to th e m ind. W h a t a p ity th e poetic feeling should be d isturb ed an d dissolved b y v u lg ar m atter o f fact! H am let, a la s! w as no prince of D enm ark , but, according to Saxo G ram m a tic u s, son o f a p irate chief, th e gov ern or, in conjunction w ith his b ro th er, o f Ju tla n d . T h is c h ie f m arried th e d au g h ter o f the D an ish king, the issue of w hich m arriag e w as H am le t, or ra th e r Am let, signifying M adm an. T h e view from the p latfo rm o f th e great tow er is very fine. T h e Chapel, w hich h a s lately been resto red , should be visited. Marienlyst , (M ary’s delight),* in the vicin ity o f E lsino re, w as till lately a ro y al chateau, alth o u g h n e v er in h ab ited by ro y a lty ; it is now the p ro p e rty o f th e C o rp o ra tio n , and let to a p riv ate fam ily. T h e g ard en s are p u b lic , an d from the p a rt a t the b ack o f the c h ateau the view s are lovely. B u t if th e trav e lle r expects to find "H am le t’s G rav e” de­ sig n ated b y stones b e arin g R unic inscriptions, o r th e situ atio n o f the a rb o u r w here the old K in g w as sleep in g w hen his b ro ther

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